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   “An old song which used to be sung by Jim Davis a man who used to work with the farmers of the locality some forty years ago.”

   

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   An old song which used to be sung by Jim Davis a man who used to work with the farmers of the locality some forty years ago. He used to have two bones (ribs of an animal) in each hand he would rattle them to the tune of the ?. He lived at Denis Egan's ? and was at a wedding in Faleen near Ballymackey, where he died suddenly. If there's any nice young lady would wish to marry me I'll bring her to that little isle the isle across the sea Ill suppor her like a lady And I'll do the best I can To let the people know that. I'm an Irish gentleman Z Arise to every morning & rise into like the lark And as I'm going to my work the factory girls remark Hello Patsy Fegan you can hear the ladies cry There goes Patsy Fegan on him I've

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Cormac

   Other names

   Mrs Mc Cormac

   Ní Cearbhaill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clonagannagh, Co. Offaly